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Advanced Stallion Management Workshop

17 Oct. 2026 BMCC, Bruges, Belgium
Overview
1 Days
4 Sessions
14 Lectures
Program
Saturday, 17 October 2026
08:30 10:10
08:30 – 10:10

Management, Wellbeing and Housing of Stallions for Optimal Fertility - Auditorium A

Lectures 3 items
08:30 – 09:00
08:30 – 09:00
Current Advances and Future Directions in Semen Collection and Processing: How to Optimize Semen Viability and Fertility
09:00 – 09:30
09:00 – 09:30
Raising the Roof: Managing Stallions with Large Mare Book Sizes
09:30 – 09:55
09:30 – 09:55
Improving Stallion Welfare: Housing, Social Environment, and Pretraining Stress Responses
MAILED-IN AND LIVE QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE
10:10 10:30
10:10 – 10:30
Coffee and Tea served in "The View" on the 4th floor
10:30 12:30
10:30 – 12:30

Semen Evaluation and Preservation - Auditorium A

Lectures 4 items
10:30 – 10:55
10:30 – 10:55
Ultrasound Evaluation of the Testes
10:55 – 11:25
10:55 – 11:25
Ultrasound Evaluation of the Internal Genitalia
11:25 – 11:50
11:25 – 11:50
Semen Evaluation - What Parameters Really Matter?
11:50 – 12:10
11:50 – 12:10
Quality Assesment of Frozen-Thawed Semen Assessment Using a Micro-Method
MAILED-IN AND LIVE QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE
12:30 13:30
12:30 – 13:30
Lunch offered by IMV & NIFA Technologies in the "The View" on 4th Floor
13:30 15:20
13:30 – 15:20

Stallion Pathology 1 - Auditorium A

Lectures 5 items
13:30 – 14:00
13:30 – 14:00
How to Manage EVA-Infected Stallions that are Shedders? Lessons Learned from an Outbreak in France.
14:00 – 14:15
14:00 – 14:15
Seminal Vesiculitis
14:15 – 14:25
14:15 – 14:25
Blocked Ampulla and Accumulators
14:25 – 14:40
14:25 – 14:40
Diagnosis of Cryptorchidism
14:40 – 15:00
14:40 – 15:00
Ejaculatory Dysfunction - A Multidisciplinary Approach
MAILED-IN AND LIVE QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE
15:20 15:40
15:20 – 15:40
Coffee and Tea served in "The View" on the 4th floor
15:40 17:00
15:40 – 17:00

Stallion Pathology 2 - Auditorium A

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Advanced Stallion Management Workshop

17 Oct. 2026 · BMCC, Bruges, Belgium

Program – Saturday 17 October 2026

08:30 – 10:10 Management, Wellbeing and Housing of Stallions for Optimal Fertility - Auditorium A
08:30 – 09:00 Current Advances and Future Directions in Semen Collection and Processing: How to Optimize Semen Viability and Fertility
Tullis Matson (Stallion AI Services, UK)
09:00 – 09:30 Raising the Roof: Managing Stallions with Large Mare Book Sizes
Charlie Scoggin (Three Chimneys Farm, USA)
09:30 – 09:55 Improving Stallion Welfare: Housing, Social Environment, and Pretraining Stress Responses
Christine Aurich (University of Vienna, Austria)
MAILED-IN AND LIVE QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE
10:10 – 10:30 Coffee and Tea served in "The View" on the 4th floor
10:30 – 12:30 Semen Evaluation and Preservation - Auditorium A
10:30 – 10:55 Ultrasound Evaluation of the Testes
Kristina Lu (Hagyard Equine Medical Institute, Lexington, KY, USA)
10:55 – 11:25 Ultrasound Evaluation of the Internal Genitalia
Juan Samper (STgenetics, USA)
11:25 – 11:50 Semen Evaluation - What Parameters Really Matter?
Juan Samper (STgenetics, USA)
11:50 – 12:10 Quality Assesment of Frozen-Thawed Semen Assessment Using a Micro-Method
Claire Card (University of Saskatchewan, Canada)
MAILED-IN AND LIVE QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch offered by IMV & NIFA Technologies in the "The View" on 4th Floor
13:30 – 15:20 Stallion Pathology 1 - Auditorium A
13:30 – 14:00 How to Manage EVA-Infected Stallions that are Shedders? Lessons Learned from an Outbreak in France.
Jean-François Bruyas (VetAgroBio Nantes, ONIRIS, France)
14:00 – 14:15 Seminal Vesiculitis
Kornelia Omyla (Equinity Solutions, Poland)
14:15 – 14:25 Blocked Ampulla and Accumulators
Juan Samper (STgenetics, USA)
14:25 – 14:40 Diagnosis of Cryptorchidism
Kornelia Omyla (Equinity Solutions, Poland)
14:40 – 15:00 Ejaculatory Dysfunction - A Multidisciplinary Approach
John Spenser (Fyrnwy Equine Hospital, UK)
MAILED-IN AND LIVE QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE
15:20 – 15:40 Coffee and Tea served in "The View" on the 4th floor
15:40 – 17:00 Stallion Pathology 2 - Auditorium A
15:40 – 16:10 Managing Stallion Reproduction Emergencies in the Field
Kristina Lu (Hagyard Equine Medical Institute, Lexington, KY, USA)
16:10 – 17:00 Case Discussion: How to Manage the Subfertile Stallion?
Kristina Lu (Hagyard Equine Medical Institute, Lexington, KY, USA), Bart Leemans (Utrecht University, The Netherlands), John Spenser (Fyrnwy Equine Hospital, UK), Juan Samper (STgenetics, USA), Claire Card (University of Saskatchewan, Canada), Charlie Scoggin (Three Chimneys Farm, USA)